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W. H. F. RAIPSNYDBR.

AUG-BR HANDLE.

v No. 350,841. Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

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N'rren STATES PATENT Fries.

VILLIAM H. F. RAIFSNYDER, OF OIL CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO JAMES XV. PLIMPTON, OF SAME PLACE.

AUGER-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,841, dated October12, 1886.

Application filed December 22, 1885. Serial No. 186,429.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM. H. F. RainsNYDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oil City, in the county of Venango and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAuger-Handles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

rFhis invention relates to auger-handles; and -it consists in certainimprovements in the construction thereof. as will hereinafter fullyappear.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure 1 is a view of the auger-handle complete, looking at thelowcrside. Fig. 2 shows the various parts composing the handle, part inhorizontal section and part in elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionon the line a' .r in Fig. 2, showing the parts B B separated as in thatligure and the auger-stem in place.

A A are the ends of the handle. B B compose the middle section of thehandle. in which the auger-stem is held. The middle section isbifurcated longitudinaly, thus forming the parts B B. The part B isprovided with screw-Shanks b I, onto which the end pieces screw. Theparts B B have inclined ends b',

and the end pieces, A, have daring mouths a, which tit upon the inclinedends b, so that when the end pieces are screwed entirely upon the middlesection the two parts B B are held together, as seen in Fig. 1. Theparts B B are cast hollow, and each has on its inner wall cone-shapedlugs 1f, which set in coiled springs C G. These springs are to open orspread apart the two parts B B when the handle ends are unscrewed. Onthe under side of each piece B B, and in the middle thereof, there is asemicircular notch, bi, and on the upper side, and opposite the notch onthe lower side, there isa rectangular notch, b3, and these notches, whenthe parts are brought together, will embrace the end of the auger-stem.The semicircular notches embrace the round neck of the stem just belowthe head, and the angular notches embrace the squared end or head of thestem, and therelfore the augerstem cannot turn within 4the handle nor bepulled out of the handle. To

give a firm bearing for the squared head, I

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form a lug of metal on the inner walls of thc parts B B at the pointwhere the angular notches are formed. The two parts B B, it will beseen, form a clamp, which is closed by the inclined surfaces a on theend pieces, A, moving upon the inclined surfaces b on the 6o middlepieces, B B, as the end pieces are screwed onto the serewshanks b b onthe part B. The clamp is opened by unscrewing the end pieces andallowing the spring C to move the part B away from the part B. It willonly be necessary to unscrew the pieces A A far enough to allow theclamp to open enough to let the head of the auger-stem slip out.

The handle will be made of malleable castiron, and will be so cored outas to make it 7o very thin and light.

I am aware of the construction shown in Letters Patent No. 309,313, toW'illiam A. Peck, dated December 1G, 1884, and I hereby disclaim thesame as forming any part of my invention.

l. In an auger-handle, the combination, with the end pieces or handles,A A, of a clamp located between said end pieces and operated 8o thereby,which is provided with jaws which are formed to receive the squared headof the auger-stem and embrace the neck below the head, and thereby holdthe auger against both torsional and longitudinal movement.

2. In an auger-handle, the combination, substantially as herein shown,of the augen stem clamp B B, with serew-threaded shanks b b and slopingshoulders b b, and the handles A A, screwing onto the shanks b b, and 9oembracing said sloping shoulders b b with their flaring mouths a a.

3. In an auger-handle, the combination, substantially as herein shown,of the handles A A, having internal screw-threads, a a, and Haringmouths a a', with the clamping-section, consisting of the jaws B B,having slop ing shoulders b b at their ends, screw-Shanks b b at theends of thejaws B, notches b'l b3 on the jaw-faces, spring-seating lugsb* within roc the jaw-cavities, and the contained springs In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

W. H. F. RAIFSNYDER. Vitnesses:

F. W. Haris, J AMES W. PLIMP'roN.

